Cigarette.



S. TRUMPER.

CIGARETTE.

APPITIUATION FILED MAY 29, 1912. 1,054,058. Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern:

SAMUEL TRUMPER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

Application filed May 29, 1912. Serial No. 700,506.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL TRUMPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigarettes, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to certain new and useful improvements in cigarettes, andnmore particularly to that type known in the trade as Spanish or Mexican form cigarettes, one of the characteristic or distinguishing features of which is that the cigarette wrapper or tube is not sealed or pasted, but is left free at one end to permit the smoker to unroll and reroll the same before smoking.

The prime object of the present invention is to provide a rolled and unsealed cigarette, a portion of the wrapper of which is tucked or folded into the cigarette roll or tube at one or both ends thereof, in such manner as to prevent discharge of the tobacco; to maintain the cigarette in its rolled form during packing, shipping, and handling, and at the same time rovide for easy withdrawal of the tucked-1n end or ends in order that the cigarette may be easily and quickly rerolled for smoking.

Briefly and generally stated the invention comprises a rolled and unsealed cigarette, the wrapper of which is provided with oppositely extending tongues at one or both ends, said tongues being tucked or folded into the opposite ends of the cigarette roll or tube in such manner that they may be readily withdrawn when it is desired to reroll the cigarette prior to smoking, the said tucked-in portions of the wrapper effectually maintaining the wrapper in rolled form and preventing discharge of tobacco from the cigarette.

In order to enable others to understand, make, and use the said invention, I will now proceed to describe the same in detail, reference being had for this purpose to the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette made according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the ends of the cigarette roll before being tucked into the cigarette; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cigarette wrapper.

In making cigarettes according to the present invention I employ a wrapper 1 having tongues '2, at one end thereof, which tongues project from opposite sides of the wrapper, as more clearly shown in Fig. 4:, the said tongues being of a width equal to the circumference of the finished cigarette, for a purpose presently to be described. The wrapper is preferably composed of a piece of'corn-husk, although it may be made of a cigarette paper, tobacco leaf, or any -suitably prepared material.

In rolling the cigarette into a tube, which operation is usually performed by suitable machinery, the tobacco is deposited upon the face of the wrapper at that end opposite the end having the tongues, and the rolling operation is carried on from such end, the wrapper being rolled about the tobacco and about itself until several wrapper-convolutions 3 are formed. As before stated each of the tongues 2 of the wrapper is of a width about equal to the circumference of the finished cigarette roll or tube, so that at the completion of the rolling operation, the tongues will form a single-layer tube 4:, at each end of the cigarette, as more clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, while the body of the cigarette will consist of a tube of several superposed layers or convolutions 3. When thus rolled, and while being properly supported by' a suitable part of the machine, not shown, these tubular ends at are turned or tucked inwardly, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2, a portion 5 of each tubular end closely embracing the ends of the convolutions 3 of the tube to maintain the cigarette in its rolled form and prevent unrolling of the wrapper. The intermediate portion 6 of each tongue, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2, is so folded as to effectually close the end of the cigarette to prevent the escape of the tobacco, while the free ends 7 of the tongues are bunched in the center of the cigarette roll and project outwardly from the end of the cigarette as shown, to provide portions that may be readily grasped to enable the tucked-in portion to be withdrawn from the end of the cigarette when it is desired to prepare the cigarette for smoking. This is accomplished by withdrawing the tucked-in ends, tearing off that portion of the wrapper carrying the tongues, and then unrolling and rerolling the cigarette by hand.

I have shown and described the cigarette as having the inturnecl tongues at both ends, but it will be perfectly obvious that I may provide a tongue at one end only, and I wish it understood that such a construction is within the scope of the invention. As this construction is perfectly clear from the present description, further illustration will rolled form.

2. A rolled cigarette, the wrapper of which is provided at one end with'tongues that project on opposite sides thereof, said tongues being tucked into the respective ends of the cigarette, and each having a tubular portion thereof projecting outwardly from the longitudinal center thereof, said tucked in portions of the tongues embracing the convolutions of the cigarette wrapper at the ona-pee ends of the cigarette to maintain the wrapper in rolled form.

8. A rolled and unpasted cigarette, the wrapper of which is provided at one end with oppositely projecting tongues, each tongue having a width substantially equal to the circumference of the cigarette roll, said tongues each having a tubular portion infolded into an end of the cigarette, and.

having its free end projecting outwardly from the longitudinal center of the cigarette,

said infolded portion of the tongues embracing the convolutions of the wrapper at the ends of the cigarette to maintain the wrapper in rolled form.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set" my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL TRUl /flttl lt.

Witnesses:

W. W. Bnaxron, J. GRANVILLE Mnrnne. 

